#F8C261#F8C261

#F8C261 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.130 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F8C261
RGB	rgb(248, 194, 97)
HSL	hsl(39, 92%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 60.9%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, 8.99, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 55.92, 80.75°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% 0.0223 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.13 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(60.1641, 59.4071, 19.6048)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#F8C261 #6197F8

analogous

#F87661 #F8C261 #E2F861

triadic

#F8C261 #61F8C2 #C261F8

tetradic

#F8C261 #61F876 #6197F8 #F861E2

square

#F8C261 #61F876 #6197F8 #F861E2

split-complementary

#F8C261 #61E2F8 #7661F8

monochromatic

#D58C09 #F5AB26 #F8C261 #FBD99C #FDEFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#F8C261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#F8C261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F8C261

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F8C261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F8C261	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f8c261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(248, 194, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.130 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fed491',
    500: '#f8c261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f8c261;
$custom-light: #fed491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f8c261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 248,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.543,
    "s": 91.515,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84398,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F8C261

secondary

#2D68D0

accent

#52E600

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F8C261

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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